When Adam Fell 2010-2011

This composition takes its title from the Chorale by Bach, Durch Adams Fall ist ganz verderbt and is based on the extraordinary chromatic bass which Bach invented for his setting. ‘My own composition might be described as a kind of Chorale Prelude consisting of a number of settings of Bach’s complete bass-line falling from high up at the opening to extreme depths at the end, with juxtaposed sections based on a contrasting rising melody.'